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Homelessness and Public Health: A Focus on Strategies …

(3 days ago) WEBThe health problems facing homeless persons result from various factors, including a lack of housing, racism and discrimination, barriers to health care, a lack of access to adequate food and protection, limited resources for social services, and an …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8583397/

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Disparities in Health Care for the Homeless Institute for …

(8 days ago) WEBBy providing stable housing to the homeless, the Housing First program decreased emergency service costs by $31,545 per person housed in the program …

https://ihpl.llu.edu/blog/disparities-health-care-homeless

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Why it’s so hard to end homelessness in America

(4 days ago) WEBScholars, healthcare workers, and homeless advocates agree that two major contributing factors are poverty and a lack of affordable housing, both stubbornly …

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/01/why-its-so-hard-to-end-homelessness-in-america/

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Homelessness & Health - National Health Care for the …

(2 days ago) WEBHomelessness creates new health problems and exacerbates existing ones Living on the street or in crowded homeless shelters is extremely stressful and made worse by being …

https://nhchc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/homelessness-and-health.pdf

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Homelessness & Health - Centers for Disease Control and …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Public Health and Homelessness Peer-to-Peer Network is an informal group of state and local health departments, physicians, and local service providers. …

https://www.cdc.gov/orr/science/homelessness/index.html

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Homelessness and Health: MedlinePlus

(Just Now) WEBLung diseases, including bronchitis, tuberculosis, and pneumonia. Malnutrition. Mental health problems. Substance use problems. Wounds and skin infections. Many people experiencing …

https://medlineplus.gov/homelessnessandhealth.html

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Health care for homeless people Nature Reviews Disease …

(Just Now) WEBHomeless shelters facilitate transmission owing to shared living quarters, crowding and high population turnover, and common health problems in this population …

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41572-020-00241-2

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Homelessness Is an Ethical Issue in America Journal of Ethics

(7 days ago) WEBHealth Advocacy for People Experiencing Homelessness. The National Health Care for the Homeless Council’s (NHCHC’s) training, research, and advocacy support clinicians …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/homelessness-ethical-issue-america/2021-11

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Homelessness as a Public Health Law Issue - CDC

(1 days ago) WEBOn any given night, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless in the United States. 1 These people might be chronically homeless, have temporarily lost their shelter, be …

https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/resources/resources-homelessness.html

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How homelessness impacts health - American Psychological …

(7 days ago) WEBIndividuals without homes often lack access to health care treatment (Kushel et al., 2001). Chronic health problems and inaccessibility to medical and dental care can increase …

https://www.apa.org/topics/socioeconomic-status/health-homelessness

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Health Care and Homelessness - AMA Journal of Ethics

(1 days ago) WEBThe National Health Care for the Homeless Council supports clinicians serving 1 million patients per year in 300 Health Care for the Homeless federally …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/health-care-and-homelessness

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Health - National Alliance to End Homelessness

(4 days ago) WEBOn a single night in 2023, 653,104 people were experiencing homelessness. 143,105 individuals experience chronic homelessness on any given night. In 2021, almost 23 …

https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/what-causes-homelessness/health/

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Understanding Homelessness as a Public Health Issue

(3 days ago) WEBMay 18, 2022. Homelessness is often viewed as an economic and social issue, but homelessness and the broader problem of housing instability are also matters of public …

https://www.publichealthdegrees.org/resources/homelessness-public-health/

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Homelessness Data & Trends United States Interagency Council …

(5 days ago) WEBPeople with preexisting health issues are also more likely to experience homelessness—particularly unsheltered—and they are up to seven times more likely to …

https://www.usich.gov/guidance-reports-data/data-trends

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Policy Issues - National Health Care for the Homeless Council

(2 days ago) WEBPolicy Issues. Homelessness is the result of deliberate policy decisions. To end homelessness and realize the human right to housing and health care, the Council …

https://nhchc.org/policy-issues/

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Healthcare outcomes for unsheltered persons experiencing …

(6 days ago) WEBCo-occurring substance use and mental health disorders are common, as is a high risk of overdose due to using substances as a mechanism for coping with …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2024.2328895

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Most Homeless People Have Mental Health Disorders - Medscape

(9 days ago) WEBApril 29, 2024. 0. Most people experiencing homelessness have mental health disorders, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. In an examination …

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/most-homeless-people-have-mental-health-disorders-2024a100089h

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How To Get Homeless People Good Health Care HuffPost Voices

(1 days ago) WEBFrom what I’ve learned during this process, the first step is acknowledging every factor that prevents homeless and migrant people from getting health care. Most …

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeless-migrant-free-health-care_n_6627cc26e4b096c7bac6363a

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Homelessness Is A Healthcare Issue. Why Don’t We Treat It As One?

(4 days ago) WEB3. Specialty care. Homeless people have unique needs that Medicare and Medicaid often can’t address, such as complex behavioral health services, transitional …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sachinjain/2021/04/17/homelessness-is-a-healthcare-issue-why-dont-we-treat-it-as-one/

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Health and access to healthcare in homeless people - LWW

(7 days ago) WEB1. To describe the health status of HP using a social determinants of health framework. 2. To identify barriers and facilitators that affect access to healthcare by HP. …

https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/Fulltext/2022/02180/Health_and_access_to_healthcare_in_homeless.14.aspx

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Justices Appear to Side With City Trying to Regulate Homeless

(9 days ago) WEBBoise, in 2018. In that case, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Boise, Idaho, had violated the constitutional rights of …

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/22/us/supreme-court-homelessness

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What's health care like in rural America? We're taking a close-up …

(8 days ago) WEBA snapshot of health disparities faced by Americans who live in rural areas. (American Heart Association) The American Heart Association has long worked with …

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/04/30/whats-health-care-like-in-rural-america-were-taking-a-close-up-look

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Alternative to ERs for homeless, mentally ill NJ Spotlight News

(9 days ago) WEBAcross the country, an average of 774,508 adults visited hospital emergency departments for mental-health-related issues each year from 2018 to 2020. That …

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2024/04/crisis-diversion-homes-alternative-to-ers-for-people-with-mental-health-issues/

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Supreme Court appears open to city's crackdown on …

(2 days ago) WEBJenny Kane/AP. In a major case on homelessness, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared to side with an Oregon city's crackdown on sleeping in public. The …

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1245575331/supreme-court-weighs-whether-cities-can-punish-unhoused-people-for-sleeping-outs

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NH community health workers push for certification, Medicaid

(2 days ago) WEBCommunity health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of public health: doing outreach and education, connecting people with services and …

https://www.nhpr.org/health/2024-05-02/nh-community-health-workers-push-for-certification-medicaid-reimbursement

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New homeless shelter, Sage Village, opens in Stockton area

(7 days ago) WEBNew homeless shelter opens in Stockton 00:56. STOCKTON — A new homeless shelter in the Stockton area is serving those with serious mental health and …

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/new-homeless-shelter-sage-village-opens-in-stockton-area/

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Mental Health Issues News & Videos - ABC News

(2 days ago) WEBFollow the latest Mental Health Issues news, videos, and analysis from ABC News. April 22, 2024 at 7:45 PM Number of homeless people with mental illness grew slightly in …

https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/mental--health--issues

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